Recessional: The Death of Free Speech and the Cost of a Free Lunch
By: David Mamet
3.56
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "Savagery appeased can only grow. Once you give in to it, it must esc…
Want to Read $ 19.99"Art has no chance of making the world "more just" than politics has of making it more beautiful."-David Mamet, Recessional: The Death of Free Speech and the Cost of a Free Lunch
"Art has no chance of making the world "more just" than politics has of making it more beautiful."-David Mamet, Recessional: The Death of Free Speech and the Cost of a Free Lunch
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1. Double Entry: How the Merchants of Venice Shaped the Modern World
By: Jane Gleeson-White
3.55
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
Filled with colorful characters and history, Double Entry takes us from the ancient origins of acco… read more
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"As Francesco Datini of Prato did a century before, Pacioli advises merchants to incorporate explicit signs of Christianity into their books as a way of legitimising their profit-seeking activities. T…"-Jane Gleeson-White, Double Entry: How the Merchants of Venice Shaped the Modern World
"Through the way it values - or does not - the finite resources of our planet, double entry [accounting] now has the potential to make or break life on the earth. We can continue to ignore the free gi…"-Jane Gleeson-White, Double Entry: How the Merchants of Venice Shaped the Modern World
2. The Revenge Of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate
By: Robert D. Kaplan
3.86
Format: 258 pages, Hardcover
In this provocative, startling book, Robert D. Kaplan, the bestselling author of Monsoonand Balkan … read more
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3. The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
By: Greg Lukianoff
3.93
Format: 432 pages, ebook
A timely deep dive into cancel culture, an account of its dangers to all Americans, and the much-ne… read more
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"Mistakes abound when groupthink goes unchallenged."-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
"There is nothing about standing up for an underdog (or simply claiming to be) that means you're right."-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
4. The War on the West
By: Douglas Murray
4.28
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
An Instant New York Times Bestseller! China has concentration camps now. Why do Westerners claim… read more
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"To delegitimize the West, it appears to be necessary first to demonize the people who still make up the racial majority in the West. It is necessary to demonize white people."-Douglas Murray, The War on the West
"Race is now an issue in all Western countries in a way it has not been for decades. In the place of color blindness, we have been pushed into racial ultra-awareness. A deeply warped picture has now b…"-Douglas Murray, The War on the West
"Like all societies in history, all Western nations have racism in their histories. But that is not the only history of our countries. Racism is not the sole lens through which our societies can be un…"-Douglas Murray, The War on the West
"Historical criticism and rethinking are never a bad idea. However, the hunt for visible, tangible problems shouldn't become a hunt for invisible, intangible problems. Especially not if they are carri…"-Douglas Murray, The War on the West
5. Social Justice Fallacies
By: Thomas Sowell
4.45
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
In this instant New York Times bestseller, renowned economist Thomas Sowell demolishes the myths th… read more
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6. Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America
By: John McWhorter
3.94
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
People of good will on both the left and the right are secretly asking themselves the same question… read more
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"To tar America as insufficiently aware of slavery is more about smugness and noble victimhood than forging something new and needed."-John McWhorter, Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America
"Antiracism should focus strongly on ending the war on drugs, and there is no need for legions of whites to be instructed in how privileged they are for this to happen."-John McWhorter, Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America
"[P]rofound social change can happen without the entire populace being junior scholars about racist injustice. Such change has been happening world-wide for several centuries."-John McWhorter, Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America
"They are unreachable for the simple reason that they are arguing from religion rather than reason, trying to foist their dogma into the public square out of a misguided sense that they are the world'…"-John McWhorter, Woke Racism: How a New Religion Has Betrayed Black America
7. The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation
By: Victor Davis Hanson
4.32
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times –bestselling historian charts how and why societies from ancient Greece to the mod… read more
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"...there is no certainty that as scientific progress accelerates and leisure increases, and as the world shrinks on our computer and television screens, there is any corresponding advance in wisdom o…"-Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation
"The same hubris that posits that complex tools of mass destruction can be created but never used, also fuels the fatal vanity that war itself is an anachronism and no longer an existential concern-at…"-Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation
"War is probably the oldest human endeavor, and its face of battle is constantly changing, with new challenges prompting counterresponses. Its novel and unforeseen dangers can never be underestimated.…"-Victor Davis Hanson, The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation
8. The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America
By: Victor Davis Hanson
4.38
Format: 448 pages, Audiobook
The New York Times bestselling author of The Case for Trump explains the decline and fall of the on… read more
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9. America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything
By: Christopher F. Rufo
4.30
Format: 352 pages, ebook
For decades, left-wing radicals patiently built a revolution in the shadows. Then suddenly, after t… read more
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"The revolution, which seeks to connect ideology to bureaucratic power and to manipulate behavior through the guise of expertise, is ultimately not democratic."-Christopher F. Rufo, America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything
"The critical race theorists and their allies have turned resentment into a governing principle. But this also a trap: resentment is a tool for obtaining power, not of wielding it successfully."-Christopher F. Rufo, America's Cultural Revolution: How the Radical Left Conquered Everything
10. The Authoritarian Moment: How the Left Weaponized America's Institutions Against Dissent
By: Ben Shapiro
4.21
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
New York Times #1 bestselling author Ben Shapiro asks how far Americans are actually willing to go … read more
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11. San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities
By: Michael Shellenberger
4.04
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
National bestselling author of APOCALYPSE NEVER skewers progressives for the mishandling of America… read more
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12. Battle for the American Mind: Uprooting a Century of Miseducation
By: Pete Hegseth
4.07
Format: 288 pages, ebook
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! FOX News host Pete Hegseth is back with what he says is his most i… read more
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13. False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet
By: Bjørn Lomborg
4.19
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Hurricanes batter our coasts. Wildfires rage across the American West. Glaciers collapse in the Art… read more
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14. Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas--Not Less
By: Alex Epstein
4.18
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels draws on the latest data a… read more
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15. The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens
By: Richard N. Haass
4.15
Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition
A New York Times Bestseller A provocative guide to how we must reenvision citizenship if Americ… read more
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16. Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win
By: Peter Schweizer
4.36
Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition
From the Biden family to the Bush family, this book explores material that will astonish (or distre… read more
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17. American Marxism
By: Mark R. Levin
4.17
Format: 317 pages, Kindle Edition
The six-time #1 New York Times bestselling author, Fox News star, and radio host Mark R. Levin expl… read more
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18. Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The History and Future of American Intelligence
By: Amy B. Zegart
3.96
Format: 360 pages, Hardcover
A fascinating and authoritative account of espionage for the digital age, from one of America’s lea… read more
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19. You Will Own Nothing
By: Carol Roth
3.74
Format: 352 pages, ebook
The New York Times bestselling author and entrepreneur investigates what would happen if a new fina… read more
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20. The Saad Truth about Happiness: 8 Secrets for Leading the Good Life
By: Gad Saad
3.72
Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition
The Quest for Happiness Is a Universal Fact.It is a scientific fact, which means we can measure hap… read more
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"When people of color violate edicts of progressive orthodoxy, they become white supremacists. Obviously."-Gad Saad, The Saad Truth about Happiness: 8 Secrets for Leading the Good Life
"Competition is part of life, and with competition comes the constant reality that one might be rejected or defeated."-Gad Saad, The Saad Truth about Happiness: 8 Secrets for Leading the Good Life
"Choosing a job that is in demand but is a bad fit makes it much more likely that you will experience an existential midlife crisis."-Gad Saad, The Saad Truth about Happiness: 8 Secrets for Leading the Good Life
"To be a maximally happy human is to immerse oneself in perpetual play across countless life domains. Life is too serious not to play."-Gad Saad, The Saad Truth about Happiness: 8 Secrets for Leading the Good Life
21. Recessional: The Death of Free Speech and the Cost of a Free Lunch
By: David Mamet
3.56
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "Savagery appeased can only grow. Once you give in to it, it must esc… read more
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"Art has no chance of making the world "more just" than politics has of making it more beautiful."-David Mamet, Recessional: The Death of Free Speech and the Cost of a Free Lunch
